SERIAL: TD-314/70239-05
SECRET//RELEASE TO IRAQ AND MULTINATIONAL FORCES IN IRAQ
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE RELEASED TO MULTINATIONAL
FORCES IN IRAQ ONLY. IT MAY NOT BE SHARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
WITHOUT PRIOR CONCURRENCE OF THE ORIGINATOR.
1. ON 15 NOVEMBER 2005 AT 1440 HOURS, ZIYAD FADIL ((NASIF)), A
PURPORTED MEMBER OF KATIB SHUHADAH BRAMAH, CONDUCTED A SNIPER ATTACK
ON MULTINATIONAL FORCES IRAQ (MNFI) ALLEGEDLY KILLING ONE SOLDIER
NEAR AL TAHADI BRIDGE, AL HAWIJAH, IRAQ. NASIF FIRED ON THE SOLDIER
FROM THE HOME OF HIS FATHER, HADIL ((NASIF)) LOCATED IN HAYY AL
YARMUK, AL HAWIJAH; FIVE METERS NORTH OF GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES N
35-19.396, E 043-46.431 (MGRS: 38S LE 88550 09584). THE HOUSE WAS
DESCRIBED AS TWO-STORY, BEIGE STUCCO STRUCTURE THAT HAD A LARGE WHITE
GATE. THE HOUSE WAS IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO A HEATER REPAIR SHOP.
(COMMENT: IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT NASIF MAY REMAIN IN HIS FATHER'S HOUSE
THE NIGHT OF 15 NOVEMBER 2005.) ZIYAD NASIF WAS DESCRIBED AS 170
CENTIMETERS IN HEIGHT, OF AVERAGE WEIGHT, BLACK HAIR THAT WAS
TYPICALLY COMBED TO THE BACK, AND DARK EYES.
2. THE KATIB SHUHADAH BRAMAH GROUP WAS LED BY GENERAL STAFF
ABD ALLAH MAHMUD AL-((RIYASHI)). AL-RIYASHI LIVED IN HAYY AL
KHADASIYAH, AL HAWLO STREET ACROSS FROM THE AL-HAWIJAH INSTITUTE. THE
PINPOINT LOCATION WAS SEVEN METERS WEST OF GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE N
35-19.826, E 043-46.576 (MGRS: 38S LE 88779 10375). THE HOUSE WAS
DESCRIBED AS A SINGLE-STORY BEIGE STUCCO COVERED STRUCTURE WITH TWO
SATELLITE DISHES ON THE ROOF. AL-RIYASHI WAS BORN CIRCA 1975, 170
CENTIMETERS IN HEIGHT, WITH BLACK HAIR.